Musanvu Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Musanvu Surname Definition:
Musanvu is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: born at the beginning of the rainy season.
Musanvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 591 | 1:26,819 | 2,814 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Musanvu (36) may also be a first name.
Musanvu Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Musanvu is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: born at the beginning of the rainy season.
Musanvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musanvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Musanvu is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Musanvu? popularity and diffusion
Musanvu is the 477,400th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musanvu live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Musanvu is also the 1,717,090th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 36 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 591 people, or 1 in 26,819. In Zambia Musanvu is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 85 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mushanvu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Musanmvu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Musamvu | 86 | 930 | / |
| Misanvu | 86 | 132 | / |
| Musenvu | 86 | 105 | / |
| Musanbu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Muzanvu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Misaanvu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Musambu | 71 | 3,191 | / |
| Musemvu | 71 | 155 | / |
| Misenvu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mushambu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mussambu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Musiambu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mutsambu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moussambou | 59 | 2 | / |
| Musombu | 57 | 202 | / |
| Muzambu | 57 | 84 | / |
| Muzemvu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mosambu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muzomvu | 57 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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